Greenland Sea sea ice variability over 1979-2007 and its link to the surface atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Germe, Agathe ^a   Houssais, Marie Noëlle ^a   Herbaut, Christophe ^a   Cassou, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; GREENLAND SEA; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; ICE AREA FLUX; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; NAO INDEX; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; TOTAL VARIANCE; WEATHER REGIMES; WINTER SEASONS;

SEA ICE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; GYRE; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 80455125646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC006960     Document Type: Article

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